Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1007 Autonomous Regions

Some of the work has actually been carried out in the first year, but the effect can only be reflected in the second year or even the third year.Zhang Bohui will gradually implement various policies of Xiangfu Kingdom in Taozhou, such as opening schools, allowing the children of the Tubo people and the original people of Xiangfu Kingdom to go to school together. After a few years, they will have the friendship of classmates. With these measures, the Tubo people and the original people of Xiangfu Kingdom will gradually agree with each other until all the mutual hostility disappears.

And after the third year, it will be Dazhi.In line with the principle of "everything is foregone, if not forewarned, it will be destroyed", Zhang Bo also has a series of ideas.In the end, Taozhou will achieve food self-sufficiency and a good situation of continuous business expansion.

After the Tibetans came, the furs of all kinds of cattle and sheep were sold the most, and some of them were tanned and cooked skins. These tanned skins of these Tibetan herdsmen were much better than those of the Han people, but the price was very cheap. Zhang Bo It is planned to organize this industry, collect them together, and sell them together, so that the price can be raised. There is nothing else in Taozhou. There are quite a lot of furs for these animals. According to Zhang Bo's plan, Taozhou will become an auspicious talisman China's largest fur trading center.Zhang Bo firmly remembered what Ye Chen said, as long as there is a monopoly in any industry, it will be a huge source of wealth, and it is difficult not to make a fortune.

In addition, Taozhou's natural conditions are also excellent. The land here is fertile and fertile, and with a little reclamation, it will be a good cultivated land. The Taozhou River makes this place not short of water. As long as there are no major natural disasters, Zhang Bo is very confident Under his governance, Taozhou will truly see great rule and become prosperous after three years.

After Ye Chen read Zhang Bo's memorial in Xiajing, he sighed in front of all civil and military officials: "Let Zhang Bo go to Taozhou, I really did not misunderstand the person, monopoly is wealth, yes, as long as Taozhou monopolizes this industry, It is bound to rise rapidly. When Zhang Bo resettled these Tubo herdsmen, he had already thought of their future livelihood. Yes, very good, you should learn from Zhang Bo in this respect."

After Ye Chen read Zhang Bo's memorial, he could imagine that after many years, Taozhou fur stores would spring up like mushrooms after the spring rain. The original herdsmen abandoned herding for business, and even some Tubo people who still maintained their nomadic habits would become more and more shoppers. Relying on Taozhou to obtain wealth, the richer they are, the greater their dependence on Xiangfu Kingdom. When a person can obtain a lot of wealth without relying on brute force, who is willing to risk their lives with knives and guns? Go grab and kill!
After Ye Chen pondered, he suddenly said something that surprised Han Xizai, Jia Xian, Xu Xuan, Li Junhao and others.

"Most of the original people in our Xiangfu Kingdom and the Tubo people have different living habits and different ways of dealing with things. In the early days of Taozhou, Qinghe Prefecture, and Liangzhou, we can't just simply apply what we have now in Xiangfu Kingdom. Customization of laws and regulations, but should be handled flexibly according to time and place, so that they will slowly accept the laws and regulations of Xiangfu country without knowing it. I intend to let these three states formulate some appropriate laws and regulations according to the actual situation. Yu Xiangfu some existing laws and regulations in the country."

Han Xizai, Li Junhao and almost all the civil and military officials looked at His Majesty the Emperor in surprise. In their view, the system of laws and regulations should be consistent, even if Taozhou, Qinghe Prefecture and Liangzhou are mostly Tibetans, there should be no exceptions.But before the three of them spoke out against it.Ye Chen continued to say in a shocking way: "I am going to give special status to Taozhou, Qinghe Prefecture and Liangzhou. Except for the military, other matters such as people's livelihood, laws and regulations, and business, etc., should be handled by the governments of these three states. It is decided that the imperial court will not intervene arbitrarily. I call this self-government!"

"This, how is this possible?" Han Xizai panicked, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible..."

Ye Chen laughed, waved his hand to interrupt Han Xizai's objection, and said with a smile: "I know the scruples and worries in Han Xianggong's heart. Han Xianggong is worried that the autonomy of these three states is naturally under the leadership of me and the court. First of all, this The power to appoint the officials of the three states is entirely in the hands of me and the imperial court. I just give the government of the three states more freedom in governing the region, so that you can be more flexible according to the time and place. As for how to do it, I will It’s just a general outline, Han Xianggong led the Zhongshu Ministry to study and ponder carefully, and come up with a plan for this matter of self-government.”

Ye Chen's idea naturally comes from his experience in a large number of autonomous prefectures, autonomous regions, and autonomous counties in later generations.

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"Mainmast, foremast, and mizzenmast, check everything carefully again. Haiwazi, go and check the fresh water and wine, little fish, get the hell out of here and don't touch the compass, did you move it? "

Kou Zhun took a deep breath of the fishy-smelling air, and while listening to the captain’s yelling, he looked at Hangzhou still shrouded in the mist of dawn, full of emotion and anticipation for the secret mission entrusted to him by the teacher .

More than two months ago, Kou Zhun privately mobilized troops and horses to suppress the rebellion, and killed nearly [-] rebels. According to the relevant laws of Xiangfu Kingdom, Kou Zhun should be beheaded.But regardless of Kou Zhun's identity, or the disputes in the court over Kou Zhun's murder of two thousand rebels in the process of countering the rebellion, it is impossible to really kill Kou Zhun.But this matter involved too much principle, and it was impossible to underestimate the past. After half a month of hard thinking, Ye Chen decided to send Kou Zhun to the South China Sea.

In the eyes of outsiders, this punishment is not insignificant, but only the real core figures in Xiangfu Kingdom know that Kou Zhun has another important mission.Han Xizai personally led the Zhongshu Province to work for a month, carefully selecting 110 four officials and various talents from all over the court, all over the country, Xiangfu College, Xiangfu Military College, Civil Research Department and Military Research Department, and worked through these 14 officials. A group of [-] people worked ideologically, and the high-ranking officials Houjue, who was promised by His Majesty the Emperor himself, asked them to voluntarily follow Kou Zhun to the South China Sea to make contributions.From this incident, we can see how important Kou Zhun's secret mission is.

In the past two months, Kou Zhun led the 110 four people to set off from Xiajing, Xiangfu Kingdom. Under the strict arrangement of the Ministry of Security, under the personal deployment of Shiwa and Zhou Jie, he even used Zhao Dezhao's number one confidant, Song Emperor Zhao Dezhao. With Zhang Dong's strength, he avoided inspections by the spies of the Song Dynasty's Weifu and the Song Dynasty's government. He trekked across mountains and rivers, crossed rivers and rivers, and finally went to sea to his destination after traveling thousands of miles.

"Masting! Raising the mast!" The voices of more than a dozen big men yelled neatly and loudly, and immediately called Kou Zhun who was in a trance. There was a huge sound, but this sound was instantly drowned in the excited shouts of many sailors.The three masts on the sailboat were driven by the rotating shaft, the mizzen mast several feet high, the foremast as high as seven or eight feet high, and the thick mainmast more than ten feet high, slowly erected the ship. "Ah, oh, oh!" With an unimaginable exclamation, the voice of a young man who was about the same age as Kou Zhun yelled, and Kou Zhun jumped suddenly. Concubine Yu Gui and His Majesty the Emperor once highly praised Liu Zhitang, one of the four great talents in the School of Physics of Xiangfu College, who invented the compass.But this talented man completely forgot about him, he was both excited and shocked staring blankly at the giant's mainmast in front of him, listening to a monotonous cry.

For those who were born in the northwest inland and have seen most of the Yellow River and river boats, seeing the huge sea boats for the first time is indeed extremely shocking.

Even though it is not the first time for Kou Zhun to see a sea-going ship go out to sea, although he has seen even taller masts and sails, and knows that the largest sea-going ship even has seven or even nine masts, but when the main mast is erected At that moment, he could still feel the shock. Such a tall giant towered up under his eyes. It was an indescribable feeling.

The sailors on the ship began to get busy, the winch under the mast kept making "creaking, creaking" sounds, and the brown sail was hung on the mast by more than a dozen sailors. Between the huge mainsail and the foresail, Kou Zhun Almost feeling that he was being crushed by Mu Yun, he held the bulwark tightly with both hands, trying his best to calm down his mood.

This is a feeling that Kou Zhun has never been able to experience in the past eighteen or nineteen years.Can't even imagine it.However, at this moment, the feeling in his heart was so clear and contradictory.He not only felt his own insignificance and manpower's humbleness, but also could clearly feel the burning flame in his heart and his own ambition!

To be able to create such a huge monster, to steer such a ship across the seemingly boundless ocean, at that moment, he couldn't control this kind of thing, he could only let it run around in his body Suddenly, there is no peace.

A fast-moving boat slid towards them like an arrow, and someone on it was waving a flag at them. It was the command ship in Hangzhou Port, guiding them out of the port.

The sailboat seems to be moving very slowly, but it seems that many things around me are disappearing quickly, falling behind and getting farther and farther away.For example, in Hangzhou Port, Kou Zhun pretended that he was watching the scenery ahead, and the sunrise was about to come.He had heard people say that the sunrise on the sea, the red sun rising out of the sea, is full of rays of light, like melting gold thousands of miles away, like hope, like the future.

"Starboard! Starboard!" Suddenly, a sailor shouted, and the sailboat was pushed and embraced by the waves coming from behind, tilting slightly.Kou Zhun turned his face to the side, and it turned out that it was a mighty fleet, coming from behind.Their ships were traveling extremely fast, and within a short time of tea, the ships of that fleet had already caught up, and then one after another, all kinds of flags were flying high above their decks, "Sky Navy".

(End of this chapter)